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Tonight, The Spectator and Intelligence Squared are hosting the first in a series of debates. This evening’s topic is Zimbabwe and an all star cast of speakers will be debating the motion ‘Britain has failed Zimbabwe’ at the Royal Geographic Society here in London.
If you can’t make the debate in person, never fear. We’ll be broadcasting it live on the site via this link from 6.45 pm onwards and a recording of the debate will be available to listen to from 9pm. Lloyd Evans, The Spectator’s theatre critic, will also be penning a review of the event which we’ll be posting on the site later this evening.
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Sophie
September 19th, 2007 9:54pm Report this commentI've just come back from the debate and found that my original vote of For the motion was unchanged. The opposing side were weak in their arguments and failed to address the questions raised by their arguments. We first heard that Britain has donated millions of pounds to Zimbabwe in terms of aid. That begs the question what has happened to it, why is the country still in such a dramatic downward spiral? We were then told that we can't keep blaming 'colonial masters' for the ills befalling Zimbabwe. Well, who is to blame and what can be done about it, who's responsibility is to act and do they have the means to do so? The international community clearly needs to act. Even if we act now we will be saying once done that we should have acted sooner.
Lee Jakeman
September 19th, 2007 11:47pm Report this commentWhat a rubbish title: "Britain has failed Zimbabwe". When are these idiots going to accept that Britain today is a small island off the coast of Europe and is no more responsible for what happens in Zimbabwe than either Japan or Argentina is.
Lee Jakeman
September 20th, 2007 2:27am Report this commentSophie - charity begins at home. Visit Liverpool, Washington and other areas of high crime and high unemployment. Then ask yourself the same questions: "Well, who is to blame and what can be done about it, who's responsibility is it to act and do they have the means to do so?"
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